Welting for boots and shoes



March 13,1928. 1,662,495

W. J. FALLON, JR

WELI'ING FOR BOOTS AND SHOES Filed April '7, 1927 /4 TTORNEY Patented Mar. 13, 1928. i

memes UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM J. FALLON, J 3., OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

WELTING FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

Application filed April 7,

This invention relates to welting for boots and shoes formed of welt strips the ends of which are secured together by a new type of joint, and also to a method of securing the 3 ends. of the welt strips together.

lVelting is made from a plurality of. leather strips the ends of which are scarfed and c ei'nentcd together. In order to produce a joint having the desired strength and which is sufficiently flexible to permit the welt to conform readily to the shape of the shoe, it has been customary heretofore to provide the ends of the welt strips to be united with a long scarting cut and to overlap the scarfcd ends a substantial amount.

'ihe use of these long overlapping joints at the opposite ends of each strip of welt involves a substantial loss in welt stock, and the present invention therefore relates to a novel form of joint for welt strips that is strong and durable and which produces a substantial saving in welt stock.

The novel features of the present invention will be made clear from. the following description and the accompanying drawings of one good form of the invent-ion.

In the drawings:

Fig. l a perspective view of two separate pieces of welt the ends of which are cut so ready to be secured together in accordance with the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the parts of Fig. 1 spaced slightly from their final position;

Fig. 3 is a similar View showing the parts of Fi 2 cemented together;

Fig. 4 an edge view showing the finished joint after a protruding portion shown in Fig. 3 has been sheared off; and

Fig. 5 is an. edge view showing the old type of welt joint commonly employed heretofore.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive of the drawings, and 11 are two pieces of welt the ends of which are to be secured together to form a strip of welti-ng, it being understood that any number of such pieces of welt may be similarly joined together to form a strip of welting of the desired length.

In accordance with the present invention one piece of welt such as 10 has its end cut or scar-fed, as shown, with a long scarfing cutthat forms the scarfed face 12 and the wedgeshaped piece of welt removed by the scarfing cut is designated by 13.

It is assumed that the grain or hair side 1927. Serial No. 181,856.

of the welt is at the face 1% and that the flesh side of the welt is. at the face 15, and it is important that the scarfing cut above mentioned be formed as shown so that it removes the flesh portion of the welt while it leaves the grain portion intact. That is, the out is so formed that the thickness of the scar-fed end decreases toward the grain surface 14 of the welt and the feathered edge 16 lies at the grain or hair side of the welt.

The welt strip 11 is likewise provided with a beveled end portion formed by a cutthat removes the flesh portion of. the welt and leaves the grain portion intact, but this scar-fed or beveled end portion 1? may be much shorter than the scarfed face 12, as will be apparent from the drawings.

The pieces of welt 10 and 11 having their ends scarfed as indicated by 12 and 17 are secured together in accordance with the present invention by cei'nenting the thin end portion of the welt 10 to the grain face of the welt 11, and it should be noted that the end portions of the welt strips overlap only a short distance as compared with the length of the scar-fed face 12. The grain face 14 of the welt 1.1 is not beveled to receive the overlapping portion 12 of the welt 10, as will be apparent from Fig. 1, but it is desirable to bu if the grain face of the welt 11 just enough to remove the smooth film-like outer surface so that the adhesive will more firmly grip the face of the strip 11. It is found that when the thin beveled end portion 16 is seecured to the grain face of the welt 11 in the manner just described a smooth highly flexible joint is formed which will. not open up even when the welting joint is bent at a sharp angle. a

When the ends of the two strips 10 and 11 are secured together in the manner just described the thickness of the joint thus formed will be less than the normal thickness of either strip of welt. This thickness is read- 199 ily increased by cementing to the flesh Side of the joint the wedge shaped piece 13 above mentioned. That is, the tapered face of this piece 13 is cemented to the tapered face 12 from which it was cut, thus forming a smooth joint at the flesh side of the welting, and since a portion of the piece 13 is cemented to the beveled face 17 the strength of the joint is materially increased by the bridging or overlapping action of the piece 13.

After the parts are cemented together as shown in Fig. 3 the protruding portion 18 of the wedge shaped element 13 may be sheared oli to form the smooth ilat joint shown in Fig. 4;.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that by constructing the joint in accordance with the present invention the scarted ends of the welt pieces it) and ll need be inerlapped only to the extent indicated by (L in liig. it, whereas heretofore it has been necwsary to provide each piece of welt with the long F0111 t? it) (see Fig. 5) and to overlap the welt ends the amount indicated by b. The pronounced saving in welt stock by forming the joint in accordance with the ii'iveution at once apparent from present Figs. -l and 5 ot the drawing wherein t will he seen that the overlap of the ends in Fig t need not be more than about one hall ot the overlap of the ends in Fig. turtliermore since the beveled end oi. the strip it lies between the end portion 16 of the strip 10 and the overlapping portion 13, the end portion 1.? well protected and is lirnitv attached to the well strip it) by both pieces of leather between which it; is secured. its a result a strong highly l'lexihle joint is produced while at the same time a substantial saving in welt stocks is secured.

While the present invention has been described as applied to \velting for boots and shoes, it will he apparent that the joint .lorming the subject. matter of the preseint invention i well adapted i'or use in connection with belting, since the same type of joint may be t'lllplfiytttl to secure strips of leather together to form a leather belt or belting oi any desired length.

What is claimed is:-

1. As an article of manufacture, a strip of \velting for use in making boots and shoes having a joint therein comprising two separate pieces of welt each of which is scarfed to form a i eather edge at the hair side of the. welt and having' the scart'ed portions superimposed in overlapping relation and secured together h v cementing the scaried lace of one to the hair side oi the other, and having a tiller strip ured acro s the joint.

As an article of manufacture, a strip of welting for use in making boots and shoes having a joint therein con'iprising two separate pieces of well one of which has the flesh portion at. the end oi the welt removed by a long scarting cut. and the other has the ilesh portion removed by a short scariing cut and having the grain portions at the scar-ted ends overlapped and secured together by cementing the .scari'ed face oi one piece to the grained face of the other piece and haw ing a strengthening strip secured across the joint.

3. As an article of manufacture, a. strip of welting for use in making boots and shoes having a joint therein comprising two separate pieces of welt each of which has the flesh portion at the end olf the welt removed by a. seal-ling cut and having the grain portions at the scarled ends overlapped and secured together and having a strengthening strip secured across the joint.

i. As an article of nnimii'acture. a strip of wclting tor use in making boots and shoes having a. joint therein comprising two separate pieces oi welt each of which has the flesh portion at the end ol the. welt removed from the grain portion by a scarling cut and having the seal-ted face of one piece of welt cemented directly to the grain surface ol the other piece ol' well, and having a strengthening strip secured to the joint at the llesh side of the two pieces of welt.

As an article oi manufacture a strip of welting for use in making boots and shoes having a joint tucreiu comprising two separate pieces of welt. each ol which has a scari'ed end and one piece ol welt havin; its Fcari'ed iace cemented directly to the unscarfed surface ol the other scarl'cd piece of welt, and having a bridging strip Ft'llll'l'll across the joint. '7

(3. A method of uniting separate pieces ol well to iorm a strip oi \velting. which consists in scarling the ends ol two pieces oi welt so that one scariing cut is much longer than the. other and the thickness of each end decreases toward the grain side of the well. then cementing the. end portion having the longest scariing cut to the grain surface ol' the-other scarted piece of well, and then Ftcuring a bridging strip across the joint.

7. A method oi uniting separate pieces of welt to form a strip of welting. which consists in scariing the ends of two pieces of welt so that: one seal-ling cut is longer than the other and the thickness oi each end decreases toward the grain side of the welt. then cementing the end portion having the longest scariing cut to the grain surface of the other scaried piece oi well, and cementing to the longest scai'i'ed face the piece of welt that was cut there i'rom so that this piece oi welt overlaps the scari'ed end oi the other piece oi welt.

In testimony whereoi, l. have signed my name to this specification.

WILLIAM J. FALILON', 1:.

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